Bingo. Eugene, you have a way of hitting the nail on the head. They are seeking to arouse excessive fear by LIE-MONGERING. Exactly. The anti's cannot exist in an atmosphere of truth. In fact, one of the greatest difficulties in debating them is that anti-gun speakers
(even lawyers and PhD criminologists) just "make it up" as needed. You never know what astounding new "fact" you'll have to refute. ******************************************************************* Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M. o- 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law (MS-D2037) f- 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 c- 612-865-7956 [email protected] http://law.hamline.edu/node/784 >>> "Volokh, Eugene" <[email protected]> 11/12/2009 12:12 PM >>> There are surely many arguments in the gun control debate that are based on factual falsehoods. Yet despite that, gun crime is something to fear, and not just when you’re a gang member or live in a gun-infested neighborhood. So I don’t think there is a sound objection here to fear-mongering, or even irrational fear-mongering; rather, the objection would be (1) to lie-mongering, ***
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